Fertilizer-distributer



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(Model) W. B; ALLEN-4 FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTBR.

No. 260,444. Patented July 4, 1882.

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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTERR. No. 260,444. r Patented July 4, 1882.

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WILLIAM B. ALLEN, OF ORLEANS, NEW YORK.

IFVERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,444, dated July 4, 1882.

' Application filed March is, 1882. (ModeL) To all trhom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ALLEN, of Orleans, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Fertilizer-Distributers;'

and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fertilizerdistributers, the object being to provide a force-feed distributor adapted for use with seeding-machines, which shall be reliable in its operation, simple in construction, and so arranged that the clogging and gumming of the material within the hopper, and more particularly within the mechanism of the feed,'will be in great measure avoided, and a constant and regular feed and distribution of the material obtained.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsofparts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 00 0c of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. is a reverse plan.

A represents the hopper of the distributor, to the under side of which is secured, by screws or otherwise, a yoke, B. Therear end of the latter is provided with a slot, 12, within which is secured a discharge-chute, 0, adapted to connect with the grain-run or discharge-tube of a seeding-machine. Within the hopper A is secured a hopper-block, D, having the beveled inner sides, d, and extending on each sideot' the hopper from the front rearward to a point above the forward ed ge-of the discharge-chute. To the rear ends of the" block D is secured by any suitable means a transverse bar, E, whose upper forward edge, e,is beveled, for a purpose hereinafter descrihed. At one side of the bar E, adjacent to the hopper-block, the lower edge of the bar is provided with a diagonal beveled slot, E. Q

G represents the revolving feed-wheel, mounted upon a standard, H, which latter is provided with a washer 0r collar, h, and supported in a bearing, h, in the yoke B. The upper face of the feed-wheel is provided with an annular groove, I. The outer edge, J, of the wheel-is I adapted to fit within a circular groove, K,

formed onthe under side of the hopper-block. One side of the wheel projects under and beyond the cross-bar E, and said wheel is so mounted relative to the cross-bar E that a portion of the groove I of the wheel will always project beyond the cross-bar E and that said groove will be in line with the inclined or diagonally-arched slot E of the cross-bar.

L represents a blade or scraper secured to the cross-bar E, and extending inwardly to the center of the feed-wheel at an angle to said bar. The upper edge of this scraper-blade is notched to better adapt it to prevent clogging of the material. As shown in the drawings, the blade L is formed in the same piece with the reel]- forcing'strip F, the latter being secured on the rear side of the bar E and then bent to pass through a diagonal slot, l, of said bar and terminating in the notched diagonal blade L.-

M represents a plow-blade or scraper secured rigidly to the rear side of the cross-bar E. This blade is provided with a diagonally-projecting arm, m, the latter having a downwardlyprojecting lip, m, adapted to bear in the groove of the wheel at a point to one side of a line drawn from the center of the cross-bar E through the center of the feed-wheel.

The rear side of the arm at is beveled, as shown, and the horizontal portion m of the blade is provided with a vertical slot, m and a screw, m whereby it may be adjusted rela tive to the groove of the feed-wh eel to com pen sate for wear.

A door, N, is hinged near the upper edge of the rear side of the hopper. Its forward end is adapted" to bear upon the beveled edge e of the cross-bar. By means of this door access may be had to the parts of the device located above the discharge-chute, for the purpose of repairing or renewing such parts.

The distributor as thus constructed is operated as follows: The feed-wheel (or its shaft) is connected by any suitable gearing to the operating-shaft. of a seeding-machine, and is thereby revolved. The material being placed in the hopper upon the feed=wheel G, the groove I will be filled, and as it revolves the material will be carried by the groove through the diagonal slot E of the cross-bar, after which it will come in contact with the plow from the interior of the hopper, but will op crate 'to empty the material directly into the chute C.

An important advantage of the distributer when constructed in accordance with the foregoing description is that the material in the hopper in its passage through the distributer will not clog or become gummed to such an extent as to interfere with the operation of the device, since the serrated blade or scraper L will crush and force the material outward into the groove toward and against the inclined wall of the slot E of the cross-bar, where it will be further crushed and broken to enable it to pass out to the discharge chute O. The elosejoint formed by the groove in the hopperbloek, between the latter and the feedwheel, effectually prevents any leakage of the fertilizing material. The door N is adapted to be kept closed by its own weight and that ot'the material placed upon it.

Itwill be apparent that many slightehanges in the construction and relative arrangement of the parts of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the latter. Hence I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but reserve to myself the right to make such alterations and modifications as may properly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the hopper and a crossbar arranged therein, of a revolving feed-wheel provided with an annular groove on its upper face, a portion ofthe wheel extending under the crossbar, and a scraper secured to the rear side of the cross-bar, whereby the material carried in said groove will be forced into the dischargechute, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the hopper, of a hopper-block provided with a circular groove on its underside, and a feed-wheel adapted to be revolved and provided with an annular groove and so arranged relative to the hopper-block that the upper edge of the wheel will revolve within the groove of the block, thus forming a close joint between the two to prevent the leakage of niaterial, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fertiliner-distributor, the combination, with the hopper and a cross-bar arranged therein, ot a revolving feed-wheel provided with an annular groove on its upper face and extending under and beyond said cross-bar,

an inwardly-projecting scraper extending to the center of the feed-wheel, and a plow or scraper arranged on the outer side of said cross-bar and adapted to force the material into the discharge-opening of the distributor, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a fertilizer-distributor, the combination, with the hopper and hopper-block, the latter being grooved on its under side, of a feed-wheel provided with an annular groove in its upper face, a cross-bar arranged within the hopper and above one side of the feedwheel and provided with an arched and beveled opening under which the groove of the feed-wheel will pass, and an inner and an outer blade or scraper, whereby the fertilizing material is forced into the dischargechutc, substantially as set forth. 4

5. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the hopper and hopper-block ofa yoke arranged below the hopper and slotted to receive the discharge-chute of the distributer and perforated to receive the shaft of the feed-wheel, a feed-wheel having an annular groove on its upper face, a crossbar arranged within the hopper, and an inner and an outer blade or scraper adapted to force the material into the discharge-chute, substantially as set forth.

6. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the hopper, the beveled cross-bar arranged therein, and the discharge-chute, of a door hinged to the hopper above said chute and adapted to hear at its free end upon the beveled. edge of the cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

7. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the cross-bar and revolving grooved wheel, of a scraper or blade adjustably secured to said cross-bar adjacent to the discharge-chute and notched to adapt it to bear in said groove, substantially as set forth.

8. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination, with the hopper-block and revolviugfeedwheel, of the inner scraper or blade having its upper edge notched or serrated, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM B. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

ULYssEs WARNER, Jaoou A. WADER. 

